i'm going to thailand, yay!

tonight i went to see a bluegrass concert. usually, it's not my type of music, but i always like to try new things. we went for all you can eat sushi and the dress theme for the evening was hick. i wore braids, striped socks, and a jean skirt. not too different from my usual attire, but with the clothing available to me here in china, that was ( Read more... )

betsy arrived on thursday. wouldn'tcha know it, i wake up friday morning sick. i'd felt myself getting sick and i kept taking it easy and resting, but to no avail. regardless, i popped some cold medicine and we were off. we went to the food market and betsy tried street food and some new fruits, and we bought some stuff for the apt. then we went to ( Read more... )

it seems that everyones birthday is this month. so many birthdays ( Read more... )

tonight i went out for a friend's birthday. it's the opposite here; when it's your birthday, you throw yourself a party and treat your friends. anyway, it was a lot of fun and i was glad i went out even though i feel a bit under the weather. one side note, in between sets, the dj played a spice girls song. i haven't heard that song in years. and, i ( Read more... )

i can't get enough of shopping here. things are just too cheap and useful ( Read more... )

i find that the concepts of 'forever' and 'never' are just beyond my grasp. my mind can't make sense of them ( Read more... )

it seems that i live for my nights. days involve work and getting over my nights. last night was swing. after swing we went to a salsa club close by. it was me, a chinese friend, a korean friend, and a german friend. we danced a bit of salsa and merengue, but then the music changed to more dance music so we were on the floor dancing together. it ( Read more... )

it's now 5:44 pm and i'm just getting up. granted, i went to sleep around 5:30 am, but it's still odd to wake up as the sun is setting ( Read more... )

tonight i hung out in an old section of the city, near the drum and bell towers. like many places in the city, the bar i was at did not have a bathroom. i was told to go around the corner to the public bathroom. by accident, i walked into someone's courtyard. i walked back out into the street, no, i should say alleyway, to see a guy standing there ( Read more... )